OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570246
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION
COLUMBUS, OH·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING A TAKE-UP REEL OF INSULATION FROM THE END OF A SLITT ING MACHINE. THE SPINDLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROLL WAS ABOUT 6 FEET LONG. A 10-I NCH-BY-7-INCH PANELBOARD WAS MOUNTED ON THE SIDE OF THE SLITTING MACHINE AT A HE IGHT OF 19.5 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR. THE COVER FOR THE PANELBOARD HAD BEEN REMOVE D BECAUSE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER INSIDE HAD TO BE RESET REPEATEDLY. (THE BREAKER CO ULD BE RESET WITH THE COVER IN PLACE, BUT THE EMPLOYEES DID NOT REALIZE THAT.) T HE LEG OF ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES CONTACTED CIRCUIT PARTS EXPOSED AS A RESULT OF TH E MISSING COVER AND ENERGIZED AT 240 VOLTS. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS IN CONTACT WIT H THE GROUNDED MACHINE, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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